Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Academic Phrasal Verbs

The English language contains many phrasal verbs that express the same meaning as a one-word verb. In general, the phrasal verb is used for informal writing and speaking, and the one-word verb is used for more formal language. Some of the phrasal verbs that are common to academic language are listed here. Can you write me the definitions of these phrasal verbs in comments?
bring about
carry on
carry out
clear up
come about
come across
come by
come out with
cut down on
fall through
figure out
find out
give off
go after
go back
go before
go down
go on
go over
go through
go up
keep on
keep up
leave out
look for
look into
look like
look over
look up
look up to
make out
make up
pick out
point out
put off
put up with
rule out
run across
run into
set up
show up
spell out
stand for
stick out
take into account
take over
take place
think through
throw away
touch on
try out
turn into
turn out
turn up
wind up
work out
write up

Monday, March 30, 2020

Reading: Consuming Vegetables during Corona Isolation

Good morning, my dear English learners! Today you have some reading to do.))) Hope you are going to enjoy it during your isolation time! Take care!
1. This link provides vocabulary practice for the text.
2. Word families for "nutrient" and "ferment":
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-adjective-for/nutrient.html
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-adjective-for/ferment.html
3. Read the text:
https://theconversation.com/frozen-canned-or-fermented-when-you-cant-shop-often-for-fresh-vegetables-what-are-the-best-alternatives-131678
Enjoy it!)))

Friday, March 27, 2020

Frequently Confused Words

1. finalized - concluded or complete
    completed - formal usage
2. flaunt - make a display of
    flout - show contempt, scorn
3.former - the first of two
    latter - the second of two
4. habit - individual tendency to repeat a thing
    custom - group habit
5. healthful -gives health
    healthy - has health
6. hanged - refers to a person
    hung - refers to a thing
7. humans - informal
    human being - formal
8. if - introduces a condition
    whether - introduces a choice

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Check Your Vocabulary

Good morning,my dear English learners! Hopefully you enjoy the weather today and ready for vocabulary warm-up!))
discernible - emboss - lap - lapel - parchment - slit

  1. No structure is _____.
  2. The subject principally involves the study of writing on papyrus, _____ (vellum), or paper, though it does not exclude other forms (such as graffiti).
  3. Epigraphy is the study of ancient inscriptions - texts that have been written on hard, durable material, such as stone, marble, metal, clay, pottery, wood, and wax, using such techniques as engraving, carving, _____, and painting.
  4. On the right, Julia is wearing a long, brown, tailored jacket with wide, dark brown velvet _____ and narrow velvet cuffs.
  5. Under this she is wearing a brown, button-down blouse with a narrow neck, a waistcoat and a matching brown skirt with a _____ at the front.
  6. Every morning he swims ten _____ in the pool and lifts weights for an hour.

Check Your Vocabulary

Good afternoon,my dear English learners!
Here are some words for you to improve your vocabulary:
Discernible - fain - groove - parchment - provenance - reed

  1. No structure is _____.
  2. The yard was so dark that even Scrooge, who knew its every stone, was _____ to grope with his hands.
  3. Others move the tongue sideways, or form a _____ along the middle - an important feature of the articulation of /s/.
  4. The history of graphic expression shows a variety of implements, including the use of _____, quills, brushes, steel points, fountain pens, pencils, ball-point pens, fibre - tipped pens, chalks, crayons, typewriters, laser printers, photo composing systems, and everything that modern computation makes available.
  5. Many surfaces have been involved, such as animal bone, rock, clay, wax, pottery, cloth, papyrus, _____, paper, film, and electronic display screens.
  6. Paleography is the investigation of ancient and medieval handwriting in order to establish the _____, date, and correct form of a text.


Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Check Your Vocabulary

Good afternoon,my dear English learners!
Most of us are isolated right now and use this opportunity to work our English vocabulary!))))Take care!!
Use these words in the sentences:
discernible -squeamish -against overwhelming odds - loot - beguile - deceased

  1. He lived in chambers which had once belonged to his _____ partner.
  2. Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and _____ the rest of the evening with his banker's book, went home to bed.
  3. Some rebels _____ the city.
  4. He is captured and sold as a gladiator, and eventually makes his way to the Colosseum in Rome, where he becomes a hero by engineering a spectacular victory _____.
  5. The _____ which tries to ignore the existence of slang fails signally, for not only in the streets and prisons, but at the bar on the bench, in the pulpit, and in the houses of Parliament, does slang make itself heard, and understood too.
  6. no structure is ______.